Tack-holder



J. W. WHlPP.

TACK HOLDER.

APPLICATION. FILED APR.14, I919.

1,327,749. Patented Jan. 13,1920.-

Ber.

ZITNESSEJ I (/5 ATTORNEY.

Specification o lipplication To all whom it may concern:

is, l/VHIPP a pot-ties, residi at Bryan a d State of l av. and

i 3 is invention is a prircipal object 1 .Jstable iotion icilitate t x of tacks lotion or an is so as en r: 3 due to il 5. I thereof the user t eas sired.

Ano r 10 l or U or adjust ole gether to to i state the adj 11st port of the din, here y the carried at d ights ecco. work the s A still i the product tack cup dire ing the tacks be deposited upon the c One practical form of construction and assembly the present iivention Will be hereinafter described and illustrated in toe drawing, in Which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the h :K holder portions of the dc; ice being shown in section.

2 is a front elevation of holder, 3 is a top plan view of the device. In the preferred embodiment oi the present invention about to be described, 5 indicates the base the supporting structure which should be heavy enough to p event the tack holder from tipping over en in use. This base 5 has a plurality of angular legs 6 connected thereto as shown in Fin; 1 and extending therefrom illustrated in all the figures, these legs 6 outwardly from the base to furtiier assist supporting the device. A vertical rod 7 carried by the central portion of the base 5 invention is having iiiallowand finally the tack e: @IFFEQEQ 1" Letters P n Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Serial 2J0. 288,874.

port or the tack holder. i

The horizontal rod 8 is connected by a Sll ble coupling 9 to'th vertical rod 7, a so screw 10 being provided for holding the coupling 9 in at desired position upon the rod to retain the horizontal rod 8 in a desire horizontally adjusted position. it Will of course re understood that as the set screw 10 may be loosened, the horizontal rod may be swung in a horizontal plane to extend as desired Well as being vertically adjustable. A second vertically extending rod 11 is rovidcd with a T-coupling 12-this T-coupm being permanently secured to the re- .sicllfling end of the horizontal rod 8. It should be uni erstood, h viewer, that the verical rod is adapted to freely slide through is coupling 12 although set screw 13 is pro Jining the vertii a1 rod 11 in an ed usted pee. on It will therefore he supporting structure of capable of considerable ,1

tilthe roo toisough the coupling 1 and the oi'izontal rod 8 may also be swung in the of a circle around the vertical rod 7.

A conical supporting disk 14 is provided and has an upturned flange 15 extending around "ts outer periphery to prevent the displacement of tacks dropped into engagement with the disk. A. vertical sleeve 16 is carried by the apex of the disk 14 and is received over the upper end of the second. vertical rod 11, whereby tie disk is deniountabl supported, although When beingcarried upon the rod 11 is free to be'turned to rotate upon the upper end of this rod.

A tack cup 17 has an en arged neck 18 tending below the lower portion thereof it being noted that the neck 18, however, is considerably smaller than the cup 17. This neck 18 is positioned over the upper end of the sleeve 16, being secured in engagement therewith in any desired manner.

lit so desired thecup and neck can be opened throughout theirentire ,length whereby tacks which are deposited Within the cup 17 in any desired manner will fall therefrom through the neck 18 and vWill he dropped on the disk 14 adjacent the li desired, however boss of the sleeve 16. the passage through the cup and neck may be closed in any desired manner and the tacks merely carried within the cup to be removed therefrom by a magnetic hammer or the like and then depositedupon the disk 14 without departing from't'he spirit of the present invention. However, as above stated, when the tacks pass through the-cup and neck and are dropped onto the disk, is adjacent the apex thereof due to gravity, they will swing around with their heads eX- tending downwardly and their points upwardly as shown in 1 thus allowing the same to be easily grippedand removed from the disk as desired'withoutsome tack extending in a position where their points are foremost and other tacks having their heads foremost. By having the heads all uniformly extending downwardly it is obvious the tacks may either be picked up, by a magnetic hammer or by the hand and under all conditions the heads will be in convenient position for access thereto.

A device as herein described is particularly useful in connection with wall conmay be very easily regulated by the adj ustment of the connections 9 upon the rod 7 and by the adjustment of the rod 11 upon the coupling 12. It should be understood also that although the elements 7, 8 and 11 are referred to as rods they may be hollow or be constructed of tubing or pipe without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Furthermore the disk 4: is rotatably supported upon the. upper end of the rod 11 while the tack cup is carried directly there'- above to deposit tacks upon the disk upon its entire upper surface whereby the tacks will be in convenient position for access thereto.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawing have reference to what might be considered to be the approved or preferred form of my invention. I desire it tobe understood that I may make such changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts, materials, dimensions, et c etera, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a conical disk having a peripheral upturned flange, means for sup porting said disk, and a tack cup'supported above said disk.

In a device ofthe character described,

the combination of a conical disk, having a peripheral upturned flange, a central vertioally extending sleeve carried by said disk, a tack cup provided with a neck fitting over said sleeve, whereby tacks may be deposited in said cup and fall through said neck to be dropped onto'said disk, whereby due to gravitythe heads of the tacks will swing downwardly, and means extending into said sleeve for removably supporting said disk.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a conical disk having a peripheral upturned flange, means for supporting said disk and a tack distributing means supported abore said disk.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a conical disk having a peripheral upturned flange, a tack cup provided with a neck positioned directly over the apex of the conical disk, whereby tacks may be deposited in said cup and fall through said neck and onto said conical disk whereby due to gravity the heads of the tacks will swing downwardly, means for supporting said tack cup above said disk, and means for supporting said disk.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. WHIPP.

Witnesses J. F. GREGORY, SQP. MCBRIDE. 

